Sex Ed Returns to NYC Schools

New York City will try once again to teach sex education throughout its public school system.

Schools will be required to implement the new curriculum by the spring in order to give middle and high school students at least one semester of sex education. In a letter to principals Tuesday evening, schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said the lack of a consistent policy or curriculum has created an “uneven system” that “does not serve our students well.”

“I strongly believe this policy is overdue for our school system,” Walcott wrote in the letter. “We have a responsibility to offer our students access to information that will keep them safe and healthy.”